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Sports betting starts in Arizona in time for NFL season

Guests arrive at FanDuel Sportsbook inside Footprint Center, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. Arizona's first sports betting operations are now open in time for the start of the NFL season with live wagers allowed on college and professional sports. Betting began Thursday online and at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the downtown Phoenix arena where the Phoenix Suns play and at temporary betting windows at the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chase Field. (AP Photo/Matt York) Customers watch sporting events inside FanDuel Sportsbook inside Footprint Center, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. Arizona's first sports betting operations are now open in time for the start of the NFL season with live wagers allowed on college and professional sports. Betting began Thursday online and at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the downtown Phoenix arena where the Phoenix Suns play and at temporary betting windows at the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chase Field. (AP Photo/Matt York) A customer looks over NFL matchups inside FanDuel Sportsbook inside the Footprint Center, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. Arizona's first sports betting operations are now open in time for the start of the NFL season with live wagers allowed on college and professional sports. Betting began Thursday online and at the FanDuel Sportsbook at the downtown Phoenix arena where the Phoenix Suns play and at temporary betting windows at the Arizona Diamondbacks' Chase Field. (AP Photo/Matt York) (AP Photo/Matt York) (AP Photo/Matt York) The general public get in line as the Arizona Diamondbacks partner with Caesars Entertainment setting up temporary sports betting windows at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, the baseball home of the Diamondbacks baseball team, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. The on-site sports betting permanent home just outside Chase Field will be opened in the coming months. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Sports betting windows officially open as the Arizona Diamondbacks partner with Caesars Entertainment setting up temporary sports betting windows at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, the baseball home of the Diamondbacks baseball team, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. The on-site sports betting permanent home just outside Chase Field will be opened in the coming months. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Actor-comedian JB Smoove, representing Caesars Entertainment, speaks as the Arizona Diamondbacks partner with Caesars Entertainment setting up temporary betting windows at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, the baseball home of the Diamondbacks baseball team, during a news conference as Diamondbacks front office members Luis Gonzalez, left, president and CEO Derrick Hall and Caesars Entertainment co-president Eric Hession, right, look on Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. The on-site sports betting permanent home just outside Chase Field will be opened in the coming months. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey, right, speaks at a news conference as the Arizona Diamondbacks partner with Caesars Entertainment setting up temporary betting windows at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, the baseball home of the Diamondbacks baseball team, as Diamondbacks front office members Luis Gonzalez, left, president and CEO Derrick Hall laugh in the background Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. The on-site sports betting permanent home just outside Chase Field will be opened in the coming months. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) The general public get in line as the Arizona Diamondbacks partner with Caesars Entertainment setting up temporary sports betting windows at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, the baseball home of the Diamondbacks baseball team, Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. The on-site sports betting permanent home just outside Chase Field will be opened in the coming months. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin) Arizona Republican Gov. Doug Ducey speaks at a news conference as the Arizona Diamondbacks partner with Caesars Entertainment setting up temporary betting windows at the Diamondbacks' Chase Field, the baseball home of the Diamondbacks baseball team, as Diamondbacks front office members and Caesars Entertainment representatives attend the event Thursday, Sept. 9, 2021, in Phoenix. The on-site sports betting permanent home just outside Chase Field will be opened in the coming months. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)